At 325 pm, CST, I started getting emails in my gmail account saying an email delivery failed to certain people, and it looks like all the people these have been sent to are in the contact list gmail keeps of everyone you've ever sent email to. The messages were links such as http://LarrieParle1946.co.cc. or http://SharaYoxall5388.co.cc
I just changed my gmail password now.
So far I've gotten about 30 of these emails, supposedly sent from me. Is there anything else I should do?

And when I woke up today (i leave my pc on), there was a message on screen--something about my gateway address with an invalid certificate or something. I don't know if that's related or not.

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This will create a log in C:\_OTS\MovedFiles\<date>_<time>.log where date and time are those of when the fix was run. Open it from there if it does not appear automatically on reboot. Please copy and paste or attach the contents of that file here.

Note: You may receive some errors while running the fix. Just press Ok and the fix should continue normally.
If it seems to get stuck, give it some time. It's probably still working.

STEP 2

Please run MalwareBytes AntiMalware

Update it by clicking on the Update tab and then on the button.

If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.

Once the program has loaded, select "Perform Full Scan", then click Scan. Scan all of your harddrives.

The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.

When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.

Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.

When disinfection is completed, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.(See Extra Note)

The log is automatically saved by MBAM and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.

Copy&Paste the entire report in your next reply.

Extra Note:

If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove,you will be presented with 1 of 2 prompts,click OK to either and let MBAM proceed with the disinfection process. If asked to restart the computer, please do so immediatly.

h@tkeysh@@k.dll is a keylogger but I left it alone earlier because it comes with a lot of game trainer programs. Do you use any trainers? These are the programs that make gameplay easier by doing some of the stuff that needs to be done in the game for you.

If you don't, then that could explain your problem. Someone could have used the keylogger to obtain your email password and used that to spam others. If you do use a trainer, you can dequarantine the item through MalwareBytes so that the program works as it should.

The answer could just be that you used a weak password for your email and someone hacked into it using a specialized password cracking program. I say this because I don't see anything else on the system.

I figured
And yes, I have one or two trainers. I constantly get popups from my virus scanner about them. Why are they always mistaken for a virus?

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Please delete those two files. The crack is dangerous and downloading programs illegaly can really place your system at risk of infection, not only because the cracks/keygens typically come bundled with infections, but because you usually can't update cracked software and updating everything is usually the only way to prevent most infections.

Trainers are probably ok. They're picked up as viruses because of the way they behave. They have to take over your system to do their thing and that's the kind of behavior security programs are created to prevent.

Have you received any more of those emails since you changed your password? How's the computer?

Well it comes down to: how much do you trust the source you got it from?

I'll give you my cleanup speech again:

Let's cleanup.

STEP 1

To clean up OldTimer's tools, along with a few others, do the following:

Run OTS.exe by double clicking on it

Click on the "CleanUp" button on the top.

You will be asked if you wish to reboot your system, select "Yes"

STEP 2

Remove any other tools or files we used by right-clicking on them or any folders they created, hold down the Shift key, and select "Delete" by clicking on it. This will delete the files without sending them to the RecycleBin.

You can also uninstall the other programs (HijackThis or MalwareBytes if we used them) by going to Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove programs (The Control Panel is different in different versions of Windows. It will be Programs and Features in Vista and Programs > Uninstall a Program in 7)

You might want to keep MalwareBytes AntiMalware though and that's fine Make sure you update it before you run the scans in the future.

All Clean

Congratulations!, , your system is now clean. Now that your system is safe we would like you to keep it that way. Take the time to follow these instructions and it will greatly reduce the risk of further infections and greatly diminish the chances of you having to visit here again.

Microsoft Windows Update
Microsoft releases patches for Windows and Office products regularly to patch up Windows and Office products loopholes and fix any bugs found. Install the updates immediately if they are found.
To update Windows
Go to (Start) > (All) Programs > Windows Update
To update Office
Open up any Office program.
Go to Help > Check for Updates

Install WinPatrol
Download it HERE
You can find information about how WinPatrol works HERE and HERE

Note: This program will work alongside all other security programs without conflicts. It might ask you to allow certain actions that security programs perform often, but if you tell Scotty to remember the action by checking the option, the alerts will lessen.

Other Software Updates
It is very important to update the other software on your computer to patch up any security issues you may have. Go HERE to scan your computer for any out of date software. In particular make sure you download the updates for Java and Adobe as these are subject to many security vulnerabilities.

Setting up Automatic Updates
So that it is not necessary to have to remember to update your computer regularly (something very important to securing your system), automatic updates should be configured on your computer. Microsoft has guides for XP and Vista on how to do this. See HERE for Windows 7.

Read further informationHERE, HERE, and HERE on how to prevent Malware infections and keep yourself clean.

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